 Johnson appeared bustling about, with an ink-horn and pen in his button-hole, like an exciseman ; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of, answered, " We are not here to sell a parcel of...  London as it is to-day - Сторінка 4061851Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Charles Dickens - 1876 - 636 стор.
...an exciseman, and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of, answered : " We are not here to...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice ! " If Johnson really used the words attributed to him, he never displayed his sound common sense more... | |
 | Edward Ford (J.P.) - 1876 - 88 стор.
...hole—like an exciseman—and on being asked what he really considered the value of the property to be, answered, " We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." SIR RICHARD STEELE. whose life can hardly be surpassed in the wildest inventions of fiction. Miss Malyn—young,... | |
 | Henry Dunning Macleod - 1878 - 200 стор.
...Excise man : and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of, answered, " We are not here to...Potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." ' This latter phrase was merely Johnsonese for the Goodwill of the business. The price realised was... | |
 | Our own country - 1878 - 714 стор.
...Barclays seems to show that the doctor's remark at his sale was not without some justification : " We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Further on is the Rookery, a house of moderate size, situated in a little wooded glen under the shadow... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1878 - 398 стор.
...occasion of the sale, which he attended as an executor, though often quoted, are worthy of repetition : 'We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.' Two vats are shown, each of which can contain 3300 barrels of liquor. The water used in brewing is... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878 - 528 стор.
...Messrs. Barclay and Perkins for ^135,000. " We are not here," said Johnson, on the day of the sale, " to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Thrale's Brewery was built on the site of the oldest Independent or Congregational church in England,... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878 - 528 стор.
...Messrs. Barclay and Perkins for ^135,000. " We are not here," said Johnson, on the day of the sale, " to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Thrale's Brewery was built on the site of the oldest Independent or Congregational church in England,... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 стор.
...exciseman ; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of, answered, " We are not here to...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." — Boswett. He seemed to take a pleasure in speaking in his own style ; for when he had carelessly... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 стор.
...an exciseman; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of, answered, " We are not here to...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice."—Boswell. He seemed to take a pleasure in speaking in his own style; for when he had carelessly... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1879 - 480 стор.
...the sale, which he attended as an executor, though often quoted, are worthy of repetition : 'We aie not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.' Two vats are shown, each of which can contain 3300 barrels of liquor. The water used in brewing is... | |
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